Rise and Fall of the Persian Achaemenid Empire
One of the earliest largest contiguous land empires in history of the world, the Achaemenid ruled dominated the Middle East, Anatolia, and Northern Africa from their rise in 559 BCE until their downfall in 330 BCE. it became a source of pride and identity that reached to this very day of modern day Iran.
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